diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js
index c4d3f591545..bed9673d44c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager.js
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ var ActionManager = Widget.extend({
                 // toggle the fullscreen mode for actions in target='fullscreen'
                 self._toggleFullscreen();
 
+                // store the action into the sessionStorage so that it can be
+                // fully restored on F5
+                self.call('session_storage', 'setItem', 'current_action', action._originalAction);
+
                 return action;
             })
             .fail(function () {
@@ -763,6 +767,8 @@ var ActionManager = Widget.extend({
      * @param {Object} options see @doAction options
      */
     _preprocessAction: function (action, options) {
+        action._originalAction = JSON.stringify(action);
+
         action.jsID = _.uniqueId('action_');
         action.pushState = options.pushState;
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
index 4e636de6355..be6ac5e2230 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/action_manager_act_window.js
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ ActionManager.include({
                 type: 'ir.actions.act_window',
                 views: [[state.view_id || false, 'form']],
             };
+        } else if (state.model && state.view_type) {
+            // this is a window action on a multi-record view, so restore it
+            // from the session storage
+            var storedAction = this.call('session_storage', 'getItem', 'current_action');
+            var lastAction = JSON.parse(storedAction || '{}');
+            if (lastAction.res_model === state.model) {
+                action = lastAction;
+                options.viewType = state.view_type;
+            }
         }
         if (action) {
             return this.doAction(action, options);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
index c805da4e67c..9d15e729094 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ odoo.define('web.action_manager_tests', function (require) {
 var ReportClientAction = require('report.client_action');
 
 var AbstractAction = require('web.AbstractAction');
+var AbstractStorageService = require('web.AbstractStorageService');
 var ControlPanelMixin = require('web.ControlPanelMixin');
 var core = require('web.core');
 var ListController = require('web.ListController');
+var RamStorage = require('web.RamStorage');
 var ReportService = require('web.ReportService');
 var testUtils = require('web.test_utils');
 var Widget = require('web.Widget');
@@ -1030,6 +1032,64 @@ QUnit.module('ActionManager', {
         delete core.action_registry.map.ClientAction;
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('load a window action without id (in a multi-record view)', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(14);
+
+        var RamStorageService = AbstractStorageService.extend({
+            name: 'session_storage',
+            storage: new RamStorage(),
+        });
+
+        var actionManager = createActionManager({
+            actions: this.actions,
+            archs: this.archs,
+            data: this.data,
+            services: [RamStorageService],
+            mockRPC: function (route, args) {
+                assert.step(args.method || route);
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            },
+        });
+
+        testUtils.intercept(actionManager, 'call_service', function (ev) {
+            if (ev.data.service === 'session_storage') {
+                assert.step(ev.data.method);
+            }
+        }, true);
+
+        actionManager.doAction(4);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(actionManager.$('.o_kanban_view').length, 1,
+            "should display a kanban view");
+        assert.strictEqual($('.o_control_panel .breadcrumb li').text(), 'Partners Action 4',
+            "breadcrumbs should display the display_name of the action");
+
+        actionManager.loadState({
+            model: 'partner',
+            view_type: 'list',
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual($('.o_control_panel .breadcrumb li').text(), 'Partners Action 4',
+            "should still be in the same action");
+        assert.strictEqual(actionManager.$('.o_kanban_view').length, 0,
+            "should no longer display a kanban view");
+        assert.strictEqual(actionManager.$('.o_list_view').length, 1,
+            "should display a list view");
+
+        assert.verifySteps([
+            '/web/action/load', // action 3
+            'load_views', // action 3
+            '/web/dataset/search_read', // action 3
+            'setItem', // action 3
+            'getItem', // loadState
+            'load_views', // loaded action
+            '/web/dataset/search_read', // loaded action
+            'setItem', // loaded action
+        ]);
+
+        actionManager.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.module('Concurrency management');
 
     QUnit.test('drop previous actions if possible', function (assert) {